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. 2013 Jan 18;27(4):545–553. doi: 10.1038/eye.2012.294

Table 2. Summary of participant demographics for each type of adherence behaviour.

Characteristic Total cohort Discontinued after a short time Adherence
     
≥97%
<97% ≥80%
<80% with drug holidays
<80% with variable dosing
    Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4 Type 5
No. (%) Male (n=88) 46 (53%) 6 (67%) 9 (53%) 15 (50%) 7 (78%) 9 (45%)
Median age, years (IQR) (n=88) 72 (63, 78) 68 (64, 68) 74 (71, 79) 72 (65, 78) 73 (67, 78) 72 (63, 78)
No. (%) employed (n=82) 21 (27%) 3 (33%) 5 (29%) 1 (3%) 4 (44%) 8 (40%)
No. (%) married/partner (n=81) 59 (73%) 5 (56%) 11 (65%) 25 (83%) 5 (56%) 13 (65%)
No. (%) left school at 16 years (n=80) 43 (54%) 4 (44%) 10 (59%) 17 (57%) 3 (33%) 9 (45%)
No. (%) with family members with glaucoma (n=70) 48 (67%) 1 (11%) 2 (6%) 9 (30%) 2 (22%) 9 (45%)
No. (%) uses other medication (n=76) 62 (82%) 6 (67%) 14 (82%) 20 (67%) 8 (89%) 14 (70%)
No. (%) uses other medication at same time as travoprost (n=62) 14 (23%) 1 (11%) 3 (18%) 6 (20%) 1 (11%) 3 (15%)
No. (%) encountered problems using travoprost (n=75) 27 (36%) 4 (44%) 3 (18%) 10 (33%) 5 (56%) 5 (25%)
No. (%) needed help to administer travoprost (n=76) 20 (26%) 2 (22%) 5 (29%) 7 (23%) 2 (22%) 4 (20%)
No. (%) sought further advice (n=75) 24 (32%) 2 (22%) 3 (18%) 37 (17%) 2 (22%) 6 (30%)